Improvement in fruit-jars



PATENT OFFICE.

LEO CHARLY STRAUB, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-JARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,121, dated July 18, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO CHARLY STRAUB, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fruit-Ears; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

rlhis improvement consists in the combination, with the neck of a fruit-jar, of a movable metallic collar of suoli peculiar shape that it will form a channel between it and the cover of the jar for the reception of sealing-wax or other suitable substances, and thus render the jar air-tight.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improvement through the line a; w in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the collar.

Similar letters of referen ce indicate corresponding parts.

the cap for the reception of wax or other sealing material.

My improvement is applicable to fruit-jars of all descriptions. In using my improvement the jar is lled with fruit and the exterior ofthe neck carefully cleaned. The collar is then applied and the cap placed over the mouth of the jar. The groove between the collar and the cap is then illed with wax or other sealing material, and the operation is nished.

One of the particular advantages of my im'- provement is that the collar and wax may be removed together, leaving the neck of the j ar clean, while the wax and also the collar may be saved for further use upon other jars.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The conical collar C, applied detachably and to'lit up close to the junction of the neck and breast of a fruit-jar to receive the sealing material and allow both collar and sealing substances to be removed together and again utilized.

LE() CHARLY STRAUB. "Witnesses:

ANTHONY AMBos, RICHARD ALLEN. 

